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Re: Boardwalk Empire
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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10/25/10 05:11 AM
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No real surprises tonight. I thought the Van Alden scene at the end made sense for the character. Nice touch turning down the picture of his wife. The character obviously thinks that sex is evil and yet he's a man... Margaret finding out what it means to be girlfriend number x was well acted. The old "hat girl switch" trick was funny. I guess at some point things like that had to be new. 
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/25/10 02:14 PM
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I don't think the tension between Al & Jimmy is resolved. You could see that both were pissed off when each took verbal shots dissing the other in front of a lot of people. Even though Al went to Jimmy and told him more or less he didn't appreciate being talked about that way in front of all those people, and seemed to make amends, I see trouble ahead. Don't you think? TIS
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/25/10 07:35 PM
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How he got the name Lucky is disputed. Highly disputed. More than one Luciano historians claim that he was known as "Charlie Lucky" at least two years before infamously getting "taken for a ride."
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/25/10 09:02 PM
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Beth, I caught that too.  TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/26/10 08:41 AM
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Ok, someone has *got* to tell me what the deal is with Dammarty's mom on that show. She looks like she's his age.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/26/10 01:32 PM
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Based on how and where they first greeted each other I didn't think that was his mother.  Yeah I know, that whole situation is just odd. Glad to see Jimmy go full on gangster again. Looks like next week Omar Chalky is back. I laughed hysterically at Van Alden whipping himself. It was like watching the character in Sling Blade getting off. Capone's a funny guy! He's been played really well. Instead of just bloodthirsty gangster like most movies or shows do. That's an aspect of him, but it isn't the only thing about him. Jimmy is my favorite character in the show. The actor does just awesome, and may be more capable as a leading man than Buschemi. Capone definitely respected Jimmy more for not taking the barbs laying down.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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Based on how and where they first greeted each other I didn't think that was his mother. Thats what me and my friend said! When Luciano said "I'm with his wife" I think rothstein shoulda gone "No you're not, but it's an easy mistake to make I know" Loved the meeting Jimmy, Capone, and Torrio did this week. Great execution scene!
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/27/10 04:10 PM
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Terence Winter Interview Before joining the writing staff of "The Sopranos," Terence Winter had worked on such illustrious classics as "The New Adventures of Flipper," "Sister, Sister" and "The Cosby Mysteries." As soon as Winter joined "The Sopranos" in its second season, however, he proved to be one of the best writers other than creator David Chase at capturing the malaise-ridden mob world of that series. He's responsible for some of the series' best scripts, including "Pine Barrens," "The Second Coming" and "Long Term Parking," for which he won the Emmy Award for best writing in a drama series. (He later won another writing Emmy for the Season 6 episode "Members Only.")
Now, Winter is returning to the world of the mob, albeit not a mob that's at the end of the line, like in "The Sopranos." In "Boardwalk Empire," the best new show of the fall, Winter, who's executive producer and show runner on the series, examines the rise of organized crime in Atlantic City, N.J., in the Prohibition era. The series boasts a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese, a veritable all-star cast of acclaimed character actors and lots and lots of promotion for its first episode (airing at 9 p.m. Sunday on HBO). Winter talked with Show Tracker about working with Scorsese, casting Steve Buscemi as a mob boss and what lessons from "The Sopranos" helped him in writing "Boardwalk Empire."
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/28/10 09:59 AM
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I do like this show, but still, for me anyway, so far, it no way compares to The Sopranos. With the Sopranos there was a Sunday night excitement (so to speak), with most of the time myself AND fans here on the BB anticipating the next show. I use to love how jam packed the comments thread was during that hour. We'd be posting as the show was running sometimes. That's entertainment!  Nothing against this show, I DO like it so far, but I don't feel that same enthusiasm. That's just me though.  TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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10/28/10 12:38 PM
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I wonder if there's potential for it to turn into a long term anthology that would portray the underworld all the way up through today maybe. Highly doubt they'll go farther than prohibition, since that's pretty much what the show is about. I mean HBO. There's alot of underworld grist for the anthology mill.
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